We live in a country where an oligopoly of companies control the bandwidth to the Internet, but we cannot give them the power that FCC Chairman Pai dreams of. There is still time for all of us to stand up for a fair Internet that is free of censorship and preferential treatment. Do it for Shacknews.

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unlimited. corporate money is speech. they will pay people like pai and pruitt to ensure what they want becomes law. it's that simple. our system is completely compromised, but the republicans don't care because it's "market forces"...

so yes, exxon and verizon and comcast and big pharma will have unlimited leverage over this administration and therefore congress. lobbying IS the government now.

People start from a philosophical position of "all government interactions are bad", and when they hear about regulating the internet, they don't care about the nuances of the regulation actually protecting the current model of internet connectivity we've had since its inception. They just think "government regulation is bad", thus "enforcing net neutrality" through regulation is bad.

It is an unfortunate philosophical position, imo, because government, when governing by people who care about service to its purpose, is the individual's best defense against unrestricted corporate power.

Because the anti-NN crowd has been extremely successful at muddying the informational waters around the subject, so people think Net Neutrality is some government takeover of the internet. "Net Neutrality is Obamacare for the internet!", said Ted Cruz.

hmm? we are dealing with the "I will make it legal" era. Trump does not care about judicial review. like the travel ban, he will force it into the system and tweak it along the way until it's done. you think the so-called judges are a problem for the regime?

trump wants this badly. the internet will be shaped as the companies (or more accurately, the russians) want it.

Im telling you now... the only way is to vote with your wallet when the service providers start doing the sketchy shit we have been talking about all these years cut them off. If my isp ever comes to me with some stupid internet options Im out.